Hat-size reducer



. 1,643,004 Sept. 20,1927. L COHEN v HAT SIZE REDUGER Filed Mach 5l, 1924 @fw gah Patented sept. 2o, 1927.

f UNITED ASfie'lflfls LEON COHEN, or sT. LoUIs, MIssoRI.

f HAT-SIZE REDUCER.

Application filed March 31, 1924. Serial No. 703,292.

My invention relates to improvements in hat size reducers and has for its primary object a device whereby the size of a hat can be readily reduced so as to fit various sizes of headsand which can be readily att-ached and detached from a hat.

A further object is to construct a hat size reducer which can be cheaply constructed, readily placed in position within a hat and make the front part of the hat iit'snugly against the forehead so as to prevent any unsightly spacing between the forehead and the hat.

A still furtherobject is to construct a hatk size reducer which, when vreadily reducing the size of the hat will do so ina Amanner as not to pinch` or bind the hat uncomfortably against the head, and which will readily adjust itself to various sizes of heads within certain limits.

In the drawings:

Fig. l is a plan view of my devicebefore being inserted into a hat; Y y

Fig. 2 is an edge view of the same viewed in the direction of the arrow 2;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of my device showing the same in position with a fragmental portion of a hat crown shown in section;

Fig. t is an .enlarged section taken on the line 4-4c of Fig. l;

Fig. 5 is a plan view showing the manner of assembling the resilient and the flexible members and before the covering is applied thereto; and

Fig. 6 is a plan viewof a modified form wherein the coveringl is omitted.

In carrying out my invention I employ a resilientl strip 7. This strip ispreferably of spring metal and is provided adjacent each end with prongs 8. These prongsmay be either integral withthe member or attached thereto in any welll known manner. The member7 is also provided with prongs 9 which may vary in number and which are constructed in the same manner as the prongs 8, in other words, they may be either formed integral .with the; member `7 or, attached thereto. f

Secured to the member 7 is an elastic l0, this elastic may be eitherwebbing or a cord,

' the webbing' however, being preferable as it can be more readily attached. This elastic is of less length than the member 7 so that.

when the ends of the elastic are attached, which is preferably done by inserting the Vof the reducer conforms with the'interior of prongs 8 therethrough, the member 7 will assume the bow shape as shown in Fig. 5.

The member7 together with the prongs andthe elastic l0 are then inserted in a cres-l cent shaped covering 1l which is preferably formed of fabric. This covering is left open at one end until the members 7 and 10 have been inserted'and the prongs 8 and 9 forced therethrough as shown in'Figs. l and 3, and the open end then closed either by sewing or gluing. The member will then have the appearance of a crescent with the prongs projecting'from the convex surface thereof.

It is to benoted in this connection that position and the prongs pushed through the material 12 of which the hat crown is made. The resiliency of the member 7 then holds the device in position. When the device has been place-d in position the convex surface 13 the hat crown, while the concave surface 14: of the elastic 1,0 extends across a portion of the hat crown in the arc of a larger circle thus reducing thesize of the hat, and when the same, is placed on the head the elastic will stretch and permit the hat to fit snugly` or when placed in the rear of the crown will draw the forward part of the hat against the forehead 'o f the wearer.

` In Fig. 6 I have shown a modified form in which the fabric covering ll isr omitted.r but in this instance, a cord 15 is employedy to draw the centerv part of the elastic 10 in-` wardly so that. it `will not extend as a chord across the bow formed by themember 7.

When usedin this manner, the device in addition to being a hat size reducer, will also act as a ventilator and permit the circulation of air underneath the hat crown. .The cost of construction is also reduced.V in the modification because'the additional labor'and material necessary to constructthe covering 11 is eliminated. i

The essential featureof my deviceis the curvature of the member 7 and the constructionofit outof resilient material because as long as the curvature isv of a radius greater than the radius of thevcurvature of the hat crown th-e tension set up in the member 7 in placing it within a hat crown will hold IAO it in position. This feature makes it unnecessary to een or pin the device within the hat and consequently inalies it readilyT interehangcable with numerous hate.

Having fully described niy invention, what l claim z-M l. A hat size redneer eomprising a, erescent shaped rover, n liexible strip ol Spring material located within Ieaid,` corel? and along` the convex edge thereofj prongs, carried by rst-id strip andV projecting troni the convex ed te and ut an angrle theretlji and. through i eoteiu an el:tiic ntrp located within. stahl rover alot ite concave edile Said elasttie` @trip havinm ite ends secured to the ends ol'. the llexibie stript. the radine ot eurvatn re et the eonvex edge beine` 4qieater than the radins el' curvature of a hat crown, Whereblv the tension set up in the tlexible member when. the device ie placed within a hat will held the prongs in engagement with the hat crown.

A hat size reducer comprieingT a Strip ol" lioxihle material having securing' prongs earried b v and projectingilroin one tace then-iol` strip ot elastic ol less length than the` flexible strip.` said strip oli elastie having iternde teecured to certain ot said jnoiigs :illjiaeent the ende ol' the flexible strip wherebv the latter ie bowed outward .troni said olaetie lstrip` and means lor drawing and holding' enid elaetic Strip intermediate its ende toward the flexible Strip Without eensiiie' it to eontaet with Said tlenihle etril.

tl, it hat Size reducer comprising; a strip ol" Aflexible eprinzn; material haring; prongo oeenred to and treni ouolace thereot, an elarstiic Strip ot lese lennth than the .flexible strip, Said strip bovine; its ends secured to the` ends ot the flexible strip. whereby the latter bowed outward troni said etant-io etvirn and a tlexible crescent :shaped cover .enrrrjiuudine .said tlexible and elastic strips, raid flexible coveringl havin, fr` the prong'e carried by the flexible strip projexiting` through the roeren edgey thereof, Said prongs adapted to be l'orced into the material out oit whieh a hat erown ie conetrueted and be held therein by tension Set up in the llexible member when the device is placed in position.

4. n. hat size reducer comprising' n boirshaped n'ieinber having prongs projecting;n outwardliy` troni its eonvex Surface, an elastic member eecured to said heir-shaped member et its ends only. seid elastic member having;` the maior portion thereof located betnf'een the ends ot the bont-shaped member and extending: artrose the concave surface thereof in such a manner that the portion of the elnetie material between the ends of the bowshaped member doos not Contact therewith.

hatsize reducer comprising ar flat strip ot spring material ot lese length than the interior circumference oit", a hat Crown, a plurali@v ot spaced apnrt prongs carried b ij said strip and extending at rightangles thereto it r holding` the saine in conformed relation to the inside ol said hat crown, a piero` oli Afabric, enraged yielding material carried b v the tlexible etrip and secured adjacent the endel thereot and having a major portion thereelE extending inwardly lroin the peiripliery of said hat crown :so as to rettore the head receiving; opening.

l. .-l. hat eine redulrr comprieineT a llat. @trip et Spring metal. a phiralitv oli epneed. apart prenne arried thereby, at; leant one ol which projects at right; unglen from the rear snrtaee thereot, a piece ol liablfio encased elaetie material carried by eaid flexible strip and located opposite the linee troni the proieeting prong; and extending inwirdli7 from the periphery oit the hat crown eo as to reduce the Sir/.e el the head reeeiving opening thereof.

7. A hat size reducer comprising a flat Strip ol spring; metal.. a phiralit)1 of eeeuringlr prenne carried by said Strip` at'I least one ol: which is intermediate the ends and entende sul'istantialljv at; right angles to Said Strip.y a piece oil elastic materiel oli lese length than the llat strip, said elaetic material haviiniits ends ecured to Said Strip adjacent ite ends wht-web)v eaid strip is bowed. outwardl;v troni the elastic with the prone' on its convex snrflaee. eaid strip adopted to be ,scoured Within a` hat crown so 'that the olastie iwill extend aol-ooe a portion olf the head receiving' opeiiing' and reduce the sir/.e thereo'l".

A hat eine reducer eolnlnisingi aA relativelyv short tiexible StripT prongs carried by said etrip and projecting from one linee thereof.. a ,labric covering snrronnrlinp; said .at-.rin and held in position tllereon by pinning Said pronos theretln-ong'h. and :in elaetiel strip located in Said notering' adjacent; the tfiee o'l said flexible strip oppoeite that liront which Said prongs project.

El. A hat eine iiedneer connrieing a relalivel)v short llexiblo strip arouate in torni when in use. prongs carried, by said stri-p and projecting' 'from the Convex surliaoo thereof .tor securing; said strip Within the bead receiving opening of a hat crown, atabrie covering surroundingsaid strip, said covering having the prongs passino; therethrongigh wherein' said Covering; held against Shifting, and an elastic strip located Within said Covering adjacent the concave ieee e'f the tiexible strip.

In. testimony whereof, I have signed my naine to this specification.

LEON CGH lill) 

